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TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Manjushri
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th Century
Seated on a double-lotus base, wearing a long dhoti with incised hems and a billowing sash, adorned with multiple necklaces and other jewelry, the face with benevolent expression and the hair pulled into a high chignon and secured with a foliate tiara, flanked by a lotus bearing his manuscript and holding his sword aloft, with blue pigment remaining in the hair, richly gilt
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th Century
Seated on a double-lotus base, wearing a long dhoti with incised hems and a billowing sash, adorned with multiple necklaces and other jewelry, the face with benevolent expression and the hair pulled into a high chignon and secured with a foliate tiara, flanked by a lotus bearing his manuscript and holding his sword aloft, with blue pigment remaining in the hair, richly gilt
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired between 1985-1995